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Dan Byfield |
Margaret
Byfield
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Marty
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Dan Byfield
- President With the assistance of the Farm Credit Bank of Texas in 1994, Dan created the American Land Foundation. Dan is the writer and producer of two television video productions documenting the effects of environmental laws on individual freedoms and uses of land in this country. They are "Who Owns the Land? When the Environment Collides With the Constitution" and "Standing Ground: People, Property and Power." Both have been shown on national cable and educational television, including PBS, receiving a communications’ award for effectiveness. Dan is a graduate of the University of Texas with a journalism degree, specializing in public relations and has a law degree from South Texas College of Law in Houston.
Margaret Byfield was raised on Pine Creek Ranch, a large cattle operation located in central Nevada. It was there that she was introduced to widespread property rights injustice, as her family battled against the U.S. Forest Service in what became the landmark case, Hage v. United States. From Nevada, Margaret moved to Idaho's Treasure Valley to be formally educated at Albertson's College of Idaho, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in English and Music in 1989. In 1996, Byfield helped launch Liberty Matters. She serves as Vice President. Margaret also serves as Executive Director of Stewards of the Range, where she helped to formulated the organization's mission and programs. She began the operation of Stewards out of her Boise home.
Marty
McElhaney - Secretary
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